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Central – In a symbolic step on the month-long anniversary of the “terrible” explosion that rocked the capital in Beirut, killing dozens and injuring thousands, the names of the martyrs of the blast were posted on the wall in front of the statue of the Lebanese expatriates in front of the beachfront location where the explosion occurred.
Church bells rang and the call to prayer was raised at 6-7 minutes, and the army saluted the martyrs who fell on the first month of the anniversary of the Beirut port bombing. Citizens of Beirut and the various regions observed a minute of silence, in solidarity with the wounded and grieving who lost their loved ones and their homes.
And the traffic stopped in the vicinity of the port for a minute, coinciding with the moment of the explosion, that is, at 6 and 7 minutes this afternoon, amid the sirens of civil defense vehicles.
Along with the names of the martyrs, a total of 191 cedars printed on paper were installed, and 6000 candles were lit, recalling the number of wounded.
The families of the 191 martyrs placed white roses at a monument in the port of Beirut “in loyalty to Beirut.”
Army: In commemoration of the martyrs of the port explosion, the Commander of the Armed Forces, General Joseph Aoun, inaugurated the “Loyalty to Beirut” monument in the port in the presence of several families of the martyrs and the wounded.
And the army command tweeted on its Twitter account: “In commemoration of the martyrs of the port explosion, the Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, inaugurates in the port a monument to” Loyalty to Beirut “in the presence of several relatives of the martyrs and wounded.
Pool and prayer: Also, several Muslim and Christian clerics held a “prayer and prayer meeting” near the destroyed wheat gourds in the port of Beirut, for the souls of the martyrs of the explosion and in solidarity with the wounded and afflicted who lost their homes. , on the occasion of the passage of a month of the accident, in the presence of a multitude of citizens who participated in the Prayer and supplication, waving Lebanese flags and photographs of several victims.
The words focused on the importance of “the blood that fell, representing innocent people, and that Beirut wounded needs the combined efforts of its people to eliminate the effects of the Nakba.” She hoped that “all the tribulations of Lebanon and its people would be eliminated”, and called for “the unity of the Lebanese people and that God inspire those responsible for what is in the interest of the homeland and its people.”
Republican Palace: Tonight a mass was celebrated in the Chapel of Saint Charbel and Saint Rita in the Republican Palace of Baabda, to console the souls of the martyrs of the port explosion and to alleviate the wounds of the wounded and their recovery, at the initiative of the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, and in response to the call of His Holiness Pope Francis to the faithful throughout the world to establish a “day of prayer.” Fast for Lebanon “, on September 4, in the first month of the big explosion in the port of Beirut.
The mass was attended by President Aoun, the first Lebanese Ms. Nadia Al-Shami Aoun, the Director General of the Presidency of the Republic, Dr. Antoine Choucair, and several senior officials of the Directorate.
Father Nader Nader celebrated the divine liturgy and was assisted by the Antonine Fathers: Iskandar Shahwan, Charbel Ghanem, Andra Daher, Ghanem Jabbour, Pierre Abu Judeh, Elie Kaoui, Bio Bou Suleiman and Giorgio Shakhtoora. The message was read by the Presidential Media Advisor, Rafik Shalala.
Sermon
After the Bible, Father Nader delivered a sermon in which he said: “His Excellency the President, today we gather around the altar of the Lord, and in the palace of the people, to raise the prayer to the Lord of the universe and with all the children of the Church in the world, who share with us these blessed moments in which we are spiritually united with you and with His Holiness Pope Francis. And all the owners of good will.
We meet with you, His Excellency the President, and we have the honor, and I and my brothers the Antonine monks, with whom I received the monastic responsibility on the hill of the Monastery of Saint Anthony – the Antonine Institute – Hadath – Baabda. We are honored to be in your neighborhood and under your eyes, and we gather to pray after this day’s fast, that we lift up the invocations with the world. All for the good of Lebanon and the salvation of its people from the terrible experience that afflicted it and the epidemic that struck it.
Yes, prayer is a relationship and a dialogue of love between God and man, it unites us, and it is the bridge by which we cross to the Lord of heaven and earth, who accepts our supplication, our supplications and our prayer.
Your Excellency, if these global moments that His Holiness Pope Francis desired were an occasion of encounter, reflection and prayer, one month after the disaster that struck Lebanon and bloodied his heart, then without a doubt it is an occasion to stop, meditate and take a lesson to start over because we are the people of hope and we are resurrected. We do not know death, because we are children of life.
We pray and raise this sacrifice of gratitude that peace return, and that tranquility and joy return to hearts, to the land of Lebanon – the message, the Lebanon of love, the Lebanon of civilization, and each one returns to their conscience and their values and always under the guidance of the Holy Spirit who illuminates the lives of all.
His Excellency, the Lord Jesus, in his speech on the importance of fasting and prayer, teaches us that unclean and evil spirits are only expelled through fasting and prayer: prayer that is born from the heart expresses faith in the love of God for us, restores inner peace and makes us true witnesses of the Lord in our daily lives. Fasting is not an end in itself, but a state that develops the Christian spirit and enables deep participation in the life and suffering of Christ, and helps to turn to the needy, the abandoned, the hurting, and the suffering.
We raise our prayers for all the families who have been injured in this ordeal: the homeless families, the injured families and those injured in their bodies, the families who lost loved ones, the families who lost the head of the house and not They could see his body, the families who lost hope and faith, in his intention all our prayers. We seek the healing of the wounded and the eternal rest of the martyrs, and the defense of the values of those who fight.
In the end, I cannot stop praying to you, Mr. President, for longevity and for the Lord Jesus to inspire you to lead the ship of the nation that suffers the difficulties of economic and financial life and the plague, and give you of his Spirit Holy is the courage of Saint Paul, the courage of the living Saint Elijah, the wisdom of Saint Peter and intercession. San Antonio, so that you and your collaborators of good will can cross over to the second bank, the bank of life and hope.
May God grant you success and grant us all to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world in this country in which the Lord wanted us for the people of the Beatitudes and his saints.
minute of silence
At the sixth hour and five, which coincided with the date of the great explosion, the President of the Republic and the First Lebanon surrounded all those present, a minute of silence in honor of the souls of the righteous martyrs who died. in the explosion.
In honor of the human being: A symbolic stand, entitled “In honor of the man”, was also organized in front of the expat’s statue on the month-long anniversary of the port explosion.
Several relatives of the victims of the explosion and spiritual leaders of various sects participated in the stand. Prayers were raised with the intention of all the victims and disappeared.
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